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Société Générale Capital/Financing Update 2021

Jan 12, 2021

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Capital/Financing Update

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PRIIPS/IMPORTANT - PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EEA RETAIL INVESTORS – The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (EEA). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of the following: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, MiFID II); (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended, the Insurance Distribution Directive) where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the Prospectus Regulation). Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the PRIIPs Regulation) for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPS Regulation.

PROHIBITION OF SALES TO UK RETAIL INVESTORS – The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the United Kingdom ("UK"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EUWA); (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the FSMA and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to implement Directive (EU) 2016/97, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of the Prospectus Regulation as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the UK PRIIPs Regulation) for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.

MiFID II product governance / Professional investors and ECPs only target market – Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer's product approval process, the target market assessment in respect of the Notes taking into account the five categories referred to in item 18 of the Guidelines published by ESMA on 5 February 2018 has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Notes is eligible counterparties and professional clients only, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a distributor) should take into consideration the manufacturers' target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to MiFID II is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers' target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

UK MIFIR product governance / Professional investors and ECPs only target market – Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer's product approval process, the target market assessment in respect of the Notes taking into account the five categories referred to in item 18 of the Guidelines published by ESMA on 5 February 2018 has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for the Notes is only eligible counterparties, as defined in the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook (COBS), and professional clients, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (UK MiFIR); and (ii) all channels for distribution of the Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person subsequently offering, selling or recommending the Notes (a distributor) should take into consideration the manufacturers' target market assessment; however, a distributor subject to the FCA

Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the "UK MiFIR Product Governance Rules") is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Notes (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers' target market assessment) and determining appropriate distribution channels.

SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE

Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): O2RNE8IBXP4R0TD8PU41

FINAL TERMS DATED 8 JANUARY 2021

Issue of EUR 1,000,000,000 Callable Fixed to Floating Rate Senior Non-Preferred Notes due June 2029

(the Notes)

under the €50,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note – Paris Registered Programme

(the Programme)

Series no.: PA-117/21-01

Tranche no.: 1

Issue Price: 99.573 per cent.

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (the Joint Lead Manager and Bookrunner)

CaixaBank S.A. Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft Danske Bank A/S UniCredit Bank AG (together with the Joint Lead Manager and Bookrunner, the Joint Lead Managers)

KBC Bank NV (the Co-Manager and, together with the Joint Lead Managers, the Managers)

PART A – CONTRACTUAL TERMS

The Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered or sold within the United States or for the account or benefit of U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act), except in certain transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. For a description of certain restrictions on offers and sales of Notes, see section headed "Subscription and Sale" in the Base Prospectus.

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the conditions (the Conditions) set forth under the heading "Terms and Conditions of the French Law Notes" in the base prospectus dated 10 December 2020 which received approval no. 20-596 on 10 December 2020 from the Autorité des marchés financiers (the AMF) (the Base Prospectus) for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the Prospectus Regulation).

This document constitutes the final terms of the Notes (the Final Terms) described herein for the purposes of Article 8 of the Prospectus Regulation and must be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus in order to obtain all the relevant information. Copies of the Base Prospectus and these Final Terms are available for inspection and obtainable, upon request and free of charge, during usual business hours on any weekday from the head office of the Issuer and the specified offices of the Paying Agents. So long as Notes are outstanding, those documents will also be available on the websites of the AMF (www.amf-france.org) and of the Issuer (http://prospectus.socgen.com).

1. (i) Series Number: PA-117/21-01
(ii) Tranche Number: 1
2. Specified Currency: Euro (EUR)
3. Aggregate Nominal Amount:
(i) Series: EUR 1,000,000,000
(ii) Tranche: EUR 1,000,000,000
4. Issue Price: 99.573
per cent. of the Aggregate Nominal
Amount of the Tranche
5. Specified Denomination: EUR 100,000
6. Date: Issue Date and Interest Commencement 12 January 2021
7. Maturity Date: The Interest Payment Date falling on or nearest
to 12 June 2029
8. Interest Basis: For the period from and including the Issue Date,
to but excluding, the Optional Redemption Date
(the Fixed Rate Period):
0.500 per cent. Fixed Rate per annum
payable
annually in arrear on each Interest Payment Date.
(further particulars specified below)
If not redeemed on the Optional Redemption
Date, for the
period from,
and including,
the
Optional Redemption Date to,
but excluding,
the
Maturity Date
(the Floating Rate Period):
3-month EURIBOR
+ 0.95
per cent.
Floating
Rate, payable quarterly on each Interest Payment
Date.
(further particulars specified below)
9. Redemption/Payment Basis: Subject to any purchase and cancellation or early
redemption, the Notes will be redeemed on the
Maturity Date at 100 per cent. of their nominal
amount
(further particulars specified below)
10. Change of Interest Basis: Applicable
(further particulars specified below)
11. Put/Call Options: Redemption at the Option of the Issuer
(further particulars specified below)
12. (i) Status: Senior Non-Preferred Notes pursuant to Article
L.
613-30-3-I-4° of the French Code monétaire
et financier
(ii) Date of corporate authorisations
for issue of the Notes
Resolution of the Board of Directors dated 5
February 2020, as amended by the Board of
Directors
dated 23 September
2020 and decision
of the Issuer dated 6 January 2021
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE
13. Fixed Rate Note Provisions Applicable
for the Fixed Rate Period
(i) Rate of Interest: 0.500
per cent. per annum
payable annually
in
arrear
(ii) Interest Payment Date: Applicable
12 June
in each year from and including 12 June
2021
up to and including the Optional
Redemption
Date
(iii) Business Day Convention: Not Applicable
(iv) Additional Business Centres: Not Applicable
(v) Fixed Coupon Amount: EUR 500
per Note of EUR 100,000
Specified
Denomination
There will be a short first coupon in respect of the
first Interest Period from, and including, the
Interest Commencement Date to, but excluding,
12 June 2021
(see Broken Amount below)
(vi) Day Count Fraction: Actual/Actual (ICMA)
(vii) Broken Amount(s): EUR 206.85 per Note of EUR 100,000
Specified
Denomination, payable on the Interest Payment
Date falling on 12 June 2021
(viii) Resettable Notes Not Applicable
(ix) Determination Date(s): 12 June
in each year
14. Floating Rate Note Provisions Applicable
for the Floating Rate Period
(i) Interest Payment Dates: 12 September 2028,
12 December 2028,
12 March
2029
and 12 June 2029, subject in each case to
adjustment
pursuant
to
the
Business
Day
Convention specified below.
(ii) Business Day Convention: Modified Following
(iii) Additional Business Centre(s): Not Applicable
(iv) Manner in which the Rate of
Interest and Interest Amount is
to be determined:
Screen Rate Determination
(v) Party
responsible
for
calculating the Rate of Interest
and/or Interest Amount (if not
the Calculation Agent):
Not Applicable
(vi) Screen Rate Determination:
- Reference Rate: 3-month
EURIBOR
- Interest Determination
Date(s):
Second day on which the TARGET2 System is
open prior to the start of each Interest Period
- Specified Time: 11.00 a.m. Brussels time
- Relevant Screen Page: Reuters Page EURIBOR01
- Reference Banks: As selected by the Calculation Agent
(vii) ISDA Determination: Not Applicable
(viii) Margin(s): + 0.95
per cent. per annum
(ix) Minimum Rate of Interest: As per Conditions
(x) Maximum Rate of Interest: Not Applicable
(xi) Day Count Fraction: Actual/360
(xii) Rate Multiplier: Not Applicable
15. Zero Coupon Note Provisions Not Applicable
REDEMPTION PROVISIONS RELATING TO
16. Issuer Redemption at the Option of the Applicable
(i) Optional Redemption Date: 12 June 2028
(ii) Optional Redemption Amount: EUR 100,000
per Note of EUR 100,000
Specified
Denomination
(iii) If redeemable in part:
-
Minimum Redemption
Amount:
Not Applicable
Maximum Redemption
Amount:
The outstanding Aggregate Nominal Amount of
the Series
(iv) Notice period: As per Conditions
17. Make-Whole Redemption Option Not Applicable
18. Residual
Option
Maturity
Redemption
Not Applicable
19. Clean-up Redemption Option Not Applicable
20. Redemption at the Option of the
Noteholders
Not Applicable
21. Final Redemption Amount: EUR 100,000 per Note of EUR 100,000
Specified
Denomination
22. Early Redemption Amount: EUR 100,000 per Note of EUR 100,000
Specified
Denomination

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

23. Form of Notes: Dematerialised Notes
Bearer form (au porteur)
24. Additional Financial Centre for the
purposes of Condition 4(e)
of the
French Law Conditions:
Not Applicable
25. Payments on non-Payment Business
Days (Condition 4(e)
of the French
Law Conditions)
As per Conditions
(Applicable only to the Fixed
Rate Period)
26. Talons for further Coupons to be
attached to Definitive Bearer Notes:
Not Applicable
27. Redenomination applicable: Not Applicable
28. Consolidation applicable: Not Applicable
29. Meeting and Voting Provisions
(Condition 12
of the French Law
Conditions):
No Masse
30. Governing law: The Notes and any non-contractual obligations
arising out of or in connection with the Notes will
be governed by, and shall be construed in
accordance with, French law.

PURPOSE OF FINAL TERMS

These Final Terms comprise the final terms required for the issue of the Notes and admission to trading on Euronext Paris by Société Générale pursuant to its €50,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note - Paris Registered Programme for which purpose they are hereby submitted.

RESPONSIBILITY

The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms prepared in relation to Series PA-117/21-01, Tranche 1.

Signed on behalf of the Issuer:

By: Agathe ZINZINDOHOUE Group Treasurer of the Issuer

Duly authorised

PART B – OTHER INFORMATION

1. LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING

(i) Listing: Application has been made for the Notes to be
listed on Euronext Paris with effect from the Issue
Date
(ii) Admission to trading: Application has been made for the Notes to be
admitted to trading on Euronext Paris with effect
from the Issue Date.
There can be no assurance that the listing and
trading of the Notes will be approved with effect
on the Issue Date
or at all.
2. RATINGS
Ratings: The Notes to be issued are expected to
be
rated:
S&P Global Ratings
Europe Limited:
Moody's France
S.A.S.:
BBB
Baa2

The Credit ratings referred to above have been issued by S&P Global Ratings Europe Limited, Moody's France S.A.S. and Fitch Ratings Ireland Limited, each of which is established in the European Union and is registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies, as amended (the CRA Regulation) and, as of the date hereof, appears on the list of credit rating agencies published on the website of the European Securities and Markets Authority (www.esma.europa.eu) in accordance with the CRA Regulation.

Fitch Ratings Ireland Limited: A-

3. INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE

Save for any fees payable to the Managers, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the issue of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.

4. REASONS FOR THE OFFER, ESTIMATED NET PROCEEDS AND ESTIMATED TOTAL EXPENSES

(i) Reasons for the offer: See "Use of Proceeds" wording in Base Prospectus
(ii) Estimated net proceeds: EUR 992,480,000
(iii) Estimated total expenses: EUR 6,325

5. YIELD

Indication of yield: Applicable for the Fixed Rate Period only

0.559 per cent. per annum up to, but excluding, the Optional Redemption Date.

The yield is calculated at the Issue Date and is not an indication of any future yield.

6. PERFORMANCE OF RATES

Applicable for the Floating Rate Period only Details of performance of EURIBOR rates can be obtained, free of charge, from Reuters.

Benchmarks: Amounts payable under the Notes will be calculated by reference to EURIBOR rates which is provided by the European Money Markets Institute. As at the date of these Final Terms, European Money Markets Institute appears on the register of administrators and benchmarks established and maintained by the European Securities and Markets Authority pursuant to Article 36 of the Benchmark Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/1011) (the Benchmark Regulation).

7. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

(i) ISIN: FR0014001GA9
(ii) Common Code: 228223794
(iii) Any clearing system(s) other
than Euroclear Bank SA/NV,
Clearstream Banking, SA or
Euroclear
France, SIX Swiss
Exchange
and
the
relevant
identification number(s):
Not Applicable
(iv) Delivery: Delivery against payment
(v) Names
and
addresses
of
Additional Paying Agent(s) (if
any):
Not Applicable

8. DISTRIBUTION

(i)
Method of distribution:
Syndicated
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(ii) If syndicated:

(a) Names of the Managers: Joint Lead Manager and Bookrunner Société Générale Joint Lead Managers CaixaBank, S.A. Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft Danske Bank A/S UniCredit Bank AG Co-Manager KBC Bank NV (b) Stabilising Manager (if any): Société Générale (iii) If non-syndicated, name of the relevant Dealer: Not Applicable (iv) U.S. selling restrictions: Regulation S compliance category 2 / TEFRA Not Applicable (v) Prohibition of Sales to EEA and UK Retail Investors: Applicable (vi) Additional selling restrictions: Not Applicable